Office Clerks, General

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 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Occupational Employment Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2009

43-9061 Office Clerks, General

Perform duties too varied and diverse to be classified in any specific office clerical occupation, requiring limited knowledge of office

management systems and procedures. Clerical duties may be assigned in accordance with the office procedures of individual

establishments and may include a combination of answering telephones, bookkeeping, typing or word processing, stenography, office

machine operation, and filing.

National estimates for this occupation

Industry profile for this occupation

State profile for this occupation

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1) Employment

RSE (3)

Mean hourly

wage

Mean annual

wage (2) Wage RSE (3)

2,815,240 0.4 % $13.32 $27,700 0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%

(Median) 75% 90%

Hourly Wage $7.97 $9.73 $12.57 $15.87 $19.76

Annual Wage (2) $16,590 $20,250 $26,140 $33,010 $41,100

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with

employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage

Local Government (OES Designation) 196,290 $14.69 $30,550

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 165,120 $13.41 $27,890

Employment Services 150,700 $12.42 $25,840

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Elementary and Secondary Schools 117,160 $13.34 $27,750

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 98,780 $14.14 $29,410

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage

Postal Service 2,450 $25.31 $52,640

Computer and Peripheral Equipment

Manufacturing 1,780 $20.80 $43,270

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing 410 $19.70 $40,980

Software Publishers 2,880 $18.62 $38,740

Natural Gas Distribution 1,860 $18.62 $38,720

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all States with

employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage

Employment

per thousand

workers

West Virginia 28,980 $11.69 $24,310 41.145

Virginia 114,940 $13.85 $28,810 32.021

Idaho 17,840 $12.37 $25,740 29.032

Alaska 8,540 $15.90 $33,070 27.727

North Dakota 9,640 $11.14 $23,170 27.254

Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage

Employment

per thousand

workers

District of Columbia 12,180 $17.09 $35,550 19.119

Alaska 8,540 $15.90 $33,070 27.727

Massachusetts 62,220 $15.70 $32,650 19.634

New Hampshire 11,420 $15.24 $31,700 18.432

Connecticut 28,770 $15.23 $31,670 17.444

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Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all

Metropolitan areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage

Employment

per thousand

workers

State College, PA 3,750 $14.17 $29,470 56.460

Morgantown, WV 2,560 $11.22 $23,350 45.280

Charleston, WV 6,350 $12.25 $25,490 43.463

Charlottesville, VA 3,880 $14.45 $30,060 41.652

Iowa City, IA 3,270 $16.02 $33,320 39.288

Top paying metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage

Employment

per thousand

workers

Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA

Metropolitan Division 23,910 $17.23 $35,840 24.133

San Francisco-San MateoRedwood City, CA Metropolitan

Division

19,830 $16.47 $34,250 20.172

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton,

MA NECTA Division 1,860 $16.32 $33,950 21.671

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara,

CA 14,580 $16.32 $33,950 16.402

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA

NECTA Division 33,130 $16.30 $33,900 19.652

About May 2009 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas

in every State and the District of Columbia. The top five employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is

available in the downloadable XLS files.

Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that

earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate--50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent

of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.

(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates

do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;

for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the

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reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the

more precise the estimate.

Other OES estimates and related information:

May 2009 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2009 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2009 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2009 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

List of Occupations in SOC Code Number Order

List of Occupations in Alphabetical Order

Download May 2009 Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates in Zipped XLS files

Technical Notes

Last Modified Date: May 14, 2010

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